Create NSW Regional Seminar: Bathurst

The RAHS Regional Seminar program promotes the study, writing and dissemination of Australian history. It aims to develop historical expertise in the community that will support history and heritage projects. This regional seminar will offer participants practical advice on assessing key record sources, followed by a range of case studies on applying this to research projects.

Speakers/Topics:

Associate Professor Carol Liston will highlight the range of records now available online that can help researchers investigate land settlement in the Bathurst Region

Judith Dunn will consider the remaining buildings of the Female Factory and explore the lifestyle of the women convicts that lived there

Christine Yeats will discuss and provide examples of the many search tips and strategies to assist researchers make better use of Trove’s resources